Re: windows installer

[Phillip Lord]

Fabrice Popineau <address@hidden> writes:

> 2017-11-11 12:25 GMT+01:00 Phillip Lord <address@hidden>:
>
>> Fabrice Popineau <address@hidden> writes:
>> >> I'm also investigating making Emacs a portable app (as in
>> >> PortableApps.com), assuming everyone is happy with this. This might be
>> >> the better route for single user (and portable) installs.
>> >>
>> >>
>> > But Emacs is already portable. What do I miss here ?
>>
>> On windows, curiously, but not linux.
>>
>> You miss the cute installer and downloader. PortableApps is a nice way
>> to manage portable programmes on what ever device you use. I use it to
>> maintain a little environment on a shared drive, but have to do Emacs
>> separately.
>>
>>
> Hmm ... besides copying the whole Emacs directory on an usb stick,
> what else do I need to do in order to use emacs from this stick on
> another computer ?

Well, a cute installer and downloader. And updater and
launcher. PortableApps is just nice and easy.

Anyway this is for the future. Installer first.

Phil